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ALICE E. READ, b. Dec. 24, 1773, dau. of Charles and Anne Read, as above, d. Apr. 7, 1817, m. May 20, 1793 Job Troth.
Issue (surname TROTH) :
ANNE, b. Feb. 12, 1796, m. 1816 Charles Chambers, CHARLES READ, b. June 3, 1797, d. Mch. 16, 1799, GEORGE ASHBRIDGE, b. Dec. 29, 1804, MARY, b. Aug. 15, 1807, m. - Piersol, and had issue.
JAMES READ, b. about the beginning of 1718 (the baptismal records of Christ Church from Mch., 1717-8 to Jany., 1719-20 are missing) was probably just past twenty one on Jany. 29, 1739, the date of a deed from him for one-fourth of certain property which had belonged to his mother. He became an admirer and a friend and correspond- ent of the Rev. George Whitefield, and as early as 1740 we find him, under the designation of " James Read of Phila. gent.," a trustee with Whitefield, William Seward of London, Esq., John Stephen Benezet of Phila., merchant, Thomas Noble of N. Y., merchant, Samuel Hazard of N. Y., merchant, Robert Eastburne of Phila., blacksmith, Edward Evans of Phila., cordwainer, and Charles Brockden, the Re- corder of Deeds of Phila. Co., of the lot on the West side of Fourth St. 100 ft. South of Mulberry, 150 ft. front x 198 ft. deep, for the erec- tion of a charity school and house of worship, one object of which was to afford Mr. Whitefield a place to preach in. The building had been completed all but the roof, when Whitefield, in November of that year, used it for about two weeks. Nine years later Benezet, Read, and
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others, being a majority of the surviving trustees, caused the property to be conveyed for 775l. 18s. 11d. 3far., with which to pay off certain advances, to James Logan and others, who are usually denominated the founders of the University of Pennsylvania, to be used as a free school for the instruction of children in useful literature and the Christian religion, with the right to establish a seminary of the languages, arts, and sciences, and as a place of worship wherein Mr. Whitefield should be allowed to preach whenever he was in the city and so desired, and the trustees should introduce such preachers to teach the word of God as should subscribe to the articles of religion appended to the deed of conveyance ; which articles declare belief in the Trinity, the Atone- ment, and Justification by Faith, and end in affirming the IXth, Xth, XIth, XIIth, XIIIth, and XVIIth Articles of the Church of Eng- land " as explained by the Calvinists in their literal and grammatical sense." James Read became a lawyer, and was some time Deputy Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of the Province. After practising in Philadelphia, he removed to Reading as Recorder, Deputy-Register, Prothonotary of Common Pleas, &ct. for Berks Co. Also a Justice for the County Courts, he may be said to have conducted the adminis- tration of law in that region for over a quarter of a century. He was a scholarly man, a pupil of John Bartram, and a correspondent of Peter Collinson, after whom he named his son. His letters to Ed- ward Shippen of Lancaster during the course of twenty years, now in possession of the Historical Society, are those of a country gentleman who turns from his gardening and his observation of nature to give his views on education and politics, and criticize current French and English books. He spent some time in London with Whitefield, and there became intimate with the Wesleys. He himself was a very religious man, and much interested in the Episcopal Church at Reading.
At the commencement of the Revolution, although sympathizing with his countrymen, he had the office-holder's horror of independ- ence. To Edward Shippen he writes this remarkable opinion : "Lord North has some Pretensions to the Throne. His ancestor married Lady Jane Grey. [Does he refer to Lord North being heir of a co- heiress of a daughter of Lord Chandos, who was heir of Lady Jane Grey's sister ?] The present King, whom they lead as they like, is hated, mortally hated, by all in Administration, and they have led him into such measures as have alienated the Affections of America and (if they can carry their Point of Independence) will entirely over- throw him. Perhaps you don't know, Dr Sir, that this Independency
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so much the subject of Discourse of late is a Scheme of Lord North's. It certainly is. Tho' Wedderburne makes a noise against it; St. Tucker, a ministerial Tool, has wrote in Favour of it." However, before long, Read came to the conclusion that the people of America were not bound to live under a " perjured Parliament !" At the re- organization of the government of Pennsylvania, he was restored to the office of Prothonotary, an Act of Assembly also naming him as a Justice of the Peace. In Oct., 1777, he was chosen a member of the Assembly, during his service in which he was accused of neglecting the business of Prothonotary. It was said that the writs were not issued : but Read denied that his being an Assemblyman had in any way retarded the proceedings of the court, and explained that the rea- son why court was not held regularly was the scarcity of lawyers in the county. While in the Assembly he was chosen a member of the Supreme Executive Council, but, as Assemblymen were ineligible, a writ was issued May 25, 1778 to the Sheriff of the county for the election of a successor. Read himself was chosen, and on June 30th appeared at Philadelphia, and took the oath required by the Constitu- tion. The term expiring in October, he was re-elected for three years, and served until June 4, 1781, when he resigned " in consideration of duty to his family." The post of Register of the Admiralty was at this time to be filled, and several persons petitioned for it ; the method employed by those desiring public positions from the earliest days of the Colony. Read was a petitioner, and the Council unanimously elected him. He qualified June 7, 1781, and held the office several years.
In 1783, he was one of the Council of Censors provided for by the Constitution of 1776 to be chosen once in seven years to propose amend- ments to the Constitution. From 1787 to 1790 he again represented Berks in the Supreme Executive Council. One year also, 1787- 1788, he was a member of the Continental Congress, when that body was of more eminence than power. However Read's term was marked by one important achievement, the acquisition by Pennsyl- vania of the triangle on the North West, giving us a harbor and coast line on Lake Erie. This was ceded by Resolution of Congress Sep. 4, 1788. Read for some years of the latter part of his life lived in Philadelphia, where he died of the yellow fever in 1793. He m. Xt. Ch. Apr. 20, 1745 Susannah Leacock, bapt. Xt. Ch. Oct. 26, 1722, dau. of John and Mary Leacock.
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Issue :
MARY, bu. Xt. Ch. Oct. 21, 1747,
COLLINSON, m. Mary McFunn, see below,
a son, bu. Xt. Ch. Jany. 20, 1756,
a dau., d. of yellow fever in 1793.
COLLINSON READ, son of James and Susannah Read, as above, studied law at the Temple, London, and began practice at Phila. Af- terwards his father resigned the post of Deputy-Register of Wills for Berks Co., and had him appointed in his stead. After the Revolu- tionary War, he for some years practised law in Philadelphia. He was the compiler of a Digest of the Laws of Pennsylvania published in 1801. He was a Presidential elector when Washington was first chosen President of the United States. Hed. after 1813. He m. Xt. Ch. Jany. 5, 1773 Mary McFunn, b. June 5, 1758, dau. of William McFunn by his w. Lydia Biddle.
Issue :
JAMES, b. May 14, 1774, bapt. Xt. Ch., Capt. U. S. Artill. and Engs. June 1, 1798, military agent at Ft. Mifflin, Major 1st Artill. Mch. 12, 1812, d. s. p. Pittsburgh Oct. 20, 1813, m. Sarah A. M'Dowell,
THOMAS, a lawyer, d. unm., bu. Xt. Ch. Nov. 26, 1801,
EDWARD, clerk in Phila., d. unm.,
CHARLES, purser in U. S. Navy, killed in a mutiny, d. unm., GEORGE, d. unm.,
SUSAN, m. Thomas Collins, see below,
SARAH, m. William Gates, see next page,
WILLIAM M., m. - -, see next page,
LYDIA, d. unm. at Natchez,
MARIA, m. John Dennis, see next page.
SUSAN READ, dau. of Collinson and Mary Read, as above, d. about 1803, m. about 1797 Thomas Collins, a lawyer of Pittsburgh, admitted to the bar in 1793.
Issue (surname COLLINS) :
MARY, d. at Governor's Island, N. Y., unm.,
THOMAS, now of Pittsburgh, m.
Issue (surname Collins) :
Charles Read, Lt. Col. C. S. Army, killed at Comorne,
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Va., m. Susan Augusta, dau. of Wm. Roy Mason of Va., Issue (surname Collins) : George, drowned at age of 14, Charles Read,
Stephen. m. Mary -, Lydia, m. William Crawford of the Pittsburgh bar, Issue (surname Crawford) : Sallie.
SARAH READ, dau. of Collinson and Mary Read, see p. 191, d. at Ft. Moultrie, bu. Governor's Island, m. William Gates, b. in Mass. in 1785, son of Capt. Lemuel Gates of U. S. Artill. and Engin., grad. at West Point in 1806, and served as Captain in the War of 1812, was in command of Ft. Moultrie during the "Nullification " troubles with South Carolina, became Colonel 3rd Artill. Oct. 13, 1845, was military governor of Tampico after its capture in the Mexi- can War, bvt. Brig .- Gen. U. S. A. Mch. 13, 1865, d. New York Oct. 7, 1865, bu. Governor's Island.
Issue (surname GATES) :
COLLINSON READ, grad. West Point 1836, served in Florida and Mexican War, bvt. Major Sep. 6, 1847, d. of cholera Fredericksburg, Texas, June 28, 1849 aged 33, s. p., WILLIAM, d. aged 15 at St. Augustine, Flo.,
ARMISTEAD, drowned aged 6 at Ft. McHenry, Md.,
JOSEPH LORD, lost at sea, d. unm.,
FRANCIS MALCOLM, m. - -, LYDIA BIDDLE, d. at Governor's Island, unm.
WILLIAM M. READ, son of Collinson Read, see p. 191, was First- Lieut. in U. S. Artill. July, 1812-June, 1821, after which he was a sutler, d. in Phila. before Feb. 13, 1835, when l. a. granted on his estate, m .-.
Issue :
COLLINSON, killed on a journey by stage from Sackett's Har- bor to Phila.,
MARY, m. - Donagan, CHARLOTTE, d. inf., GEORGE.
MARIA READ, dau. of Collinson Read, see p. 191, d. about 1859, m. Apr. 24, 1806 John Dennis of New Brunswick, N. J.
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Issue (surname DENNIS) : HENRIETTA, d. 1832, m. James Adams,
Issue (surname Adams) :
James, d. aged 6, Denman,
Gilbert, served on Gen. Graham's staff with rank of Col. U. S. Vols., m., 1st, Shunk, niece of Gov. .
Shunk of Penna., and, 2nd, -,
Issue by 1st wife (surname Adams) : Frank, Emma,
ELIZABETH, m. Peter A. Madeira of Chambersburg, afterwards agent of Delaware Mutual Ins. Co. in Pittsburgh, d. 1879, Issue (surname Madeira) :
Aston, now agent Delaware Mutual Ins. Co. in Pitts- burgh, George A.,
Mary Aston, m. Theodore McCune, Issue (surname McCune) : Katie, Harriet Bessie,
Sarah Chambers,
Lizzie Dennis, Collinson Read, d. y.,
MATILDA, after her husband's death was for over 20 years principal of one of the public schools in New Orleans, now dec'd, m. Rev. Henry B. Page of New Orleans, a Methodist Episcopal (South) clergyman,
Issue (surname Page) :
Matilda, d. y., Phœbe, d. y.,
Benjamin, d. y.,
Joseph Chank, d. y., Henry Brant, d. y.,
THERESA F., m. Rev. Edmund Mckinney, who d. Mch., 1878, Issue (surname Mckinney) :
Edmund, b. Warren, Pa., Aug. 26, 1839, grad. at Centre College, Ky., and Princ. Theol. Sem. and as M. D. at U. of P., practising medicine at Keyport, N. J., m. 1868 Annie Van Cleve of Lawrenceville, N. J., Issue (surname Mckinney) : Edmund, Bessie, two, d. y., N
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Mordecai, served in Union Army, was mortally wounded
at Mattoax Bridge, Va., May 14, 1864, d. s. p., Page, a journalist in Florida,
Dennis, d. aged 7,
a son, d. inf.,
a son, d. inf.,
Theresa, grad. at Lookout Mt. College, and has taught school, m. R. M. Nesbitt of New York City, Issue (surname Nesbitt) : M. Robinson,
JOHN TRUXTON, in U. S. Navy, dec'd, m. - ,
Issue (surname Dennis) :
Matilda, a school teacher, m. - Eldridge, Col. C. S. Army,
Lucy, a school teacher,
Bettie, a school teacher,
Bird, a school teacher,
Henry, John, Alfred.
WILLIAM TILL.
WILLIAM TILL was probably born in England. In his letters, we are told of a debt which the Earl of Yarmouth (Charles Paston, created Earl in 1673, d. s. p.) owed to his grandfather and father ; and he says, "I am well acquainted with the papers and was sent too often to the Old Earle to forget them." In 1740, being about 43 years of age, he makes a deposition in the case of Penn vs. Lord Balti- more, saying among other things that he had never known William, Hannah, or Dennis Penn. He settled about 1720 in Sussex Co. on the Delaware, probably as a planter. He served in the Assembly of the Lower Counties, and was appointed, July 25, 1726, a Justice of the Peace, but on September 23 following, was superseded for alleged arbi- trary acts and "most indecent and disregardful expressions of the
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Proprietary family." However, in March, 1727, he was reinstated, " having acknowledged his error and done very good service to the Proprietary family in the last Assembly." He afterwards came to Philadelphia, and engaged in trade, being concerned in cargoes to many ports, but chiefly shipping tobacco raised on the Peninsula. In 1739, he was chosen a Common Councilman of the City ; two years later, an Alderman ; and in 1742, Mayor. He was called to the Provincial Council with Strettell and Taylor, qualifying Dec. 14, 1741. For several years he was Third Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsyl- vania, and Second Judge of the Supreme Court of the Lower Counties. At the same time, from 1748 until his death, he was Collector of Cus- toms at New Castle. He d. in 1766. He m. Xt. Ch. Jany. 7, 1720 Mary Lillings, spinster, who survived him. Considerable property was left to their children by her grandmother, Mary Codd of Sussex Co., widow of Berkeley Codd, a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Lower Counties (see sketch of Andrew Hamilton the Councillor). Her first husband was Luke Wattson Jr., who was probably the grand- father of Mrs. Till. He appears to have been a son of Luke Wattson Sr., a representative in the Provincial Council of 1683, and, therefore, brother of Elizabeth, wife of the first Anthony Morris of Phila. Mrs. Till was nearly related to Col. Matthew Tilghman Ward, Pres. of the Council of Maryland.
Issue :
THOMAS, d. before his father, m. Gertrude, dau. of Rev. George Ross, she afterwards m. George Read, a Signer of the Declaration of Independence,
Issue :
WILLIAM, d. s. p. in lifetime of his mother,
MARY, m. Andrew Hamilton, son of the Councillor of that name, see HAMILTON.
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ROBERT STRETTELL.
ROBERT STRETTELL was a native of Ireland; a country which furnished Pennsylvania with several of its wealthier emigrants : but his father had removed thither from Cheshire, where the grandparents of the Councillor had been early members of the Society of Friends. That they were people who could show a respectable family connec- tion may be assumed from the fact that their descendant, Abel Strettell of Dublin, merchant, temp. James II, was allowed by the Ulster Office to carry a coat-of-arms exactly like that borne by others of the name '-sa., a chevron between 3 heads of tridents points downwards ar. ; crest, a swan in his pride ar. swimming in water ppr .- and but a slight heraldic difference from the arms, sa., a chevron between 3 har- poon heads ar., and the crest, a swan wings expanded ar., belonging to the earlier name of Strattle; and also from the arms, sa. a chevron between 3 eel spears ar., of the still more primitive name of Stratley or Stratele. The derivation of the name is explained to be: Strete (Lat. stratum, a road) and hill or hull (Sax.), the original seat in the parish of Rostherne, Cheshire, being just where the old Roman road from Manchester to Chester meets the high ground.
The great-grandfather of Robert Strettell was THOMAS STRETTELL of Blakley, b. in 1598, d. Aug., 1657, m. Jany., 1619 Margaret Graffitt of Alderley.
His son HUGH STRETTELL was b. 1622, and was first of Blakley and afterwards of Saltersley. He m. 1662 Mary, dau. of Francis Hulme.
Hugh Strettell (who d. 7mo. 5 d. 1671) and Mary his wife (who d. 7mo. 11, 1662), both buried in Friends' Ground, Mobberly, Cheshire, were parents of
AMOS STRETTELL b. 1658, who removed to Dublin in 1678-9, and m., 1st, Anne, dau. of Roger and Mary Roberts of that city. She died 11mo. 8, 1685-6, about two years after her marriage, and was buried in Friends' Ground. He. m., 2nd, at the house of his bride's father at Lambstowne, Co. Wexford, 1 mo. 23, 1692-3, Experience, dau. of Robert Cuppiage (born Cumberland, Eng., 1619) and Elizabeth, his
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wife, dau. of Joshua and Sarah Warren of Colchester. He bought 5000 acres of land in Pennsylvania, and was owner of large tracts in New Jersey, over which his cousin Amos Ashead exercised a kind of superintendence (Logan's Letter Book). A daughter of Amos Stret- tell m. John Barclay, son of Robert Barclay the Apologist. By his 2nd wife, Amos Strettell was father of the Councillor,
ROBERT STRETTELL, born in Dublin in 1693. He left Ireland to seek his fortune in the metropolis of the British Empire, where he re- mained about twenty years, but, losing a great deal of money in the South Sea Bubble, he was finally by the assistance of his friends sent to America. The certificate of removal for himself and wife and son Amos and daughters Frances and Ann was from the Friends' meeting at Horslydown, Southwark, dated 11, 26, 1736. William Black in his Journal, June 1st, 1744, says : "Mr. Strettell carried us to Ger- " mantown about a mile further, where he had a little country house "to which he used to come and spend some part of the Summer " Months, his wife was then there. Mr. Strettell had not been " long in Philadelphia, he came over from London with a cargo of " goods about 9 years since, and had very good success in trade, he " was one of the Friends, but seemed not much affected to their under- " hand way of Dealing and Cloak of Religion, he, I really do believe, " appeared what he really was, a very Honest Dealer and sincere in "every thing he acted." The "merchant " of his day exposed a variety of wares ; and in a newspaper of 1738, we find, " late imported and to be sold by Robert Strettell at his store in Water Street, facing Fishbourn's wharf," muslin, cambrics, " flowered damask," India vel- vet, blue and white China plates, Japanese tea kettles, Scotch snuff, " fine London Pigtail tobacco," &ct. &ct. The year 1738 is within a period of three years during which the imports of Pennsylvania amounted to 179,654€. 9s. 2d. Stg. (Votes of Ass.) Like the other more conspicuous Quakers, he was fond of literature, sufficiently at least to collect a little library of Greek, Latin, and French authors. He became a public character in 1741 as a man of liberal views. Spain was at war with Great Britain, and, it was feared, would attempt the conquest of the American colonies. The Quakers of Pennsylvania could not take up arms, and it was equally against their scruples to vote money to carry on war. Circumstances made them a strong party organization. The Yearly Meeting gathered their chief men together just before the elections for Assemblymen, and it was but natural that they should compare notes, and consult on the political situation.
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These conclaves became the dread of the Proprietary, or Lieutenant- Governor's, party : but this year, 1741, James Logan, whose Quaker- ism had been tempered with statesmanship, sent a letter setting forth the defenceless state of the Province and the ill consequences that might ensue upon men of their principles procuring themselves to be returned to the Assembly. The shrewder heads, anxious to ward off the influence of such an epistle,-for they had cause to fear if once they withdrew from politics, their ascendancy could never be regained,- hit upon the expedient of appointing a committee, Robert Jordan, John Bringhurst, Ebenezer Large, John Dillwyn, and Robert Strettell, to peruse the letter, and report whether it contained matters proper to be communicated to the meeting. The committee reported, that, as it contained matters of a military and geographical nature, it was by no. means proper to be read. Robert Strettell alone remarked, that, con- sidering the letter came from a man of abundant experience, an old member who had a sincere affection for the welfare of the Society, he was apprehensive should it be refused a reading, such a procedure would disgust not only him but the large body of Friends in Eng- land. This minority report was not expected, and John Bringhurst caught him by the coat, saying sharply, "Sit thee down, Robert Stret- tell, thee art single in that opinion." (Letter of Richard Peters.) On the 6th of October, four new Aldermen were chosen by the City Cor- poration, three of whom were not Quakers, and then Robert Strettell and another Quaker and three Churchmen were added to the Com- mon Council, to neutralize the influence of Isaac Norris and his friends.
Governor Thomas in November invited Strettell to the Council. He qualified December 14, 1741. On November 16, 1748, he quali- fied as an Alderman, having been elected at the preceding meeting. He was one of the original Trustees of the College of Philadelphia in 1749, and was Mayor of the City for one term. He gave 75l. towards the erection of a Public Building instead of the usual collation. In the Council, he was an active member, and during the French War aided his more belligerent colleagues. For a few days, in the absence of Gov. Morris and James Hamilton, he, as eldest councillor, was supreme in the City. He seems to have favored the declaration of war against the Delaware Indians. He was present when it was de- cided on ; and William Logan alone is said to have dissented.
He died before June 12, 1761, bu. that day in Friends' ground. He m. 1716 Philotesia, dau. of Nathaniel Owen of London, who was
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son of Nathaniel Owen of Seven Oaks, Kent. She d. before June 28, 1782, bu. that day in Friends' ground.
Issue :
FRANCES, b. Sept. 17, 1717, m. Isaac Jones, see below,
EXPERIENCE, b. 1719, d. inf.,
AMos, b. 1720, m. Hannah Hasell, see p. 204,
JOHN, b. 8, 29, 1721, m. Mary Hayling, see p. 207,
ANN, d. unm. F. M. 4, 26, 1771, will probat. Phila. May 8, 1771, ROBERT, resided in Dublin after his father's removal to
America, but afterwards came to Phila., his certificate from Dublin meeting being dated 1, 18, 1745-6, d. s. p. 2, 28, 1747.
FRANCES STRETTELL, b. Dublin Sep. 17, 1717, dau. of the Coun- cillor, d. Sep. 13, 1782, m. Phila. Feb. 13, 1742-3 Isaac Jones, b. Phila. July 17, 1716, son of Henry Jones by his w. Elionor Howell. He was a merchant of Phila., acquired considerable wealth, and was chosen a Common Councilman of the City Oct. 5, 1742, and Alder- man Oct. 2, 1764, and twice Mayor, in 1767 and 1768. He also served as a Trustee of the College, and a Manager of the Pennsylvania Hospital. He d. Phila. Oct. 18, 1773.
Issue (surname JONES) :
ROBERT STRETTELL, b. July 21, 1745.
ROBERT STRETTELL JONES, b. July 21, 1745, last named, was honorary A. M. (U. of P. 1765), and before the Revolution was one of the Secretaries of the American Philosophical Society, a Director of the Library Co. of Phila., and a Manager of the Penna. Hospital. He was on the Committee of Inspection and Observation for the City and Liberties chosen in August, 1775, and was one of its Secretaries.
He resided some years in New Jersey, and was in the Legislature of that State. He d. in Burlington Mch. 16, 1792, bu. St. Mary's. He m. Xt. Ch. Mch. 23, 1774 Ann, dau. of Joseph Shippen by his w. Mary Kearney.
Issue (surname JONES) :
MARY KEARNEY, b. Jany. 21, 1775, d. y. Burlington, N. J., June 17, 1778,
FRANCES, b. Mch. 25, 1776, d. y. Burlington, N. J., Sep. 20, 1776,
ANN SHIPPEN, b. Aug. 26, 1777, m. George Fisher, see p. 200,
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CATHARINE, b. Sep. 10, 1779, d. unm. " Pineford " Oct. 3, 1830, bu. " Pineford,"
JOHN STRETTELL, b. Oct. 27, 1783, d. y. Burlington, N. J., Aug. 13, 1787,
FRANCIS, b. Sep. 28, 1785, d. y. Burlington, N. J., Sep. 30, 1788,
ELIZABETH SHIPPEN, b. Dec. 13, 1787, m. Thomas Elder, see p.
ANN SHIPPEN JONES, b. Aug. 26, 1777, great-grddau. of the Councillor, d. Harrisburg, Pa., July 11, 1863, bu. Mt. Kalma Ceme- tery, Harrisburg, m. Phila. June 19, 1805 George Fisher, of the Dau- phin Co. bar, b. " Pineford " near Middletown, Dauphin Co., Aug. 17, 1766, studied law under Thomas Kittera, afterwards Atty. Gen. of Penna., d. " Pineford " Feb. 5, 1853, bu. Mt. Kalma, Harrisburg. He was son of George Fisher by his w. Hannah Chamberlain : the former settled at the mouth of the Swatara in Dauphin Co. on 1100 acres given to him by his father, John Fisher of Phila., merchant, and in 1756 laid out Middletown, Penna.
Issue (surname FISHER) :
(I) ROBERT [STRETTELL] JONES, b. Harrisburg May 6, 1806, studied law with his father and afterwards at Yale Law School, and, removing to York, Penna., was there admitted to the bar Nov. 4, 1828 ; in 1851 was elected President Judge of the Court of C. P. of that County, and by suc- cessive re-elections has held the office, this Fall (1881) de- clining re-election, being at the time the judge longest in service in the State; was the first Chancellor of the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, m., 1st, Catharine Jameson (b. Gettysburg, Pa., Apr. 24, 1808, d. York Apr. 29, 1850), dau. of Horatio Gates Jameson, M. D., Prof. of Surgery in Washington College, Baltimore, and afterwards in Medical College, Cincinnati, son of David Jameson, surgeon, native of Scotland, afterwards Colonel in Continental Army-Catha- rine Jameson's mother was Catharine Shevell-Judge Fisher m., 2nd, Northbridge, Mass., Sep. 19, 1853 Mary Sophia, dau. of Ebenezer Cadwell of Northbridge by his w. Lucinda Dickinson.
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